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As we look at everyday life in the 21st Century, B.C. that is, we find that it has not changed much.
God’s friend Abraham was faced with the same daily struggle each of us must endure.
Let us examine each of the TEN SPECIFIC TRIALS he went through and learn a lesson for our lives from each.
INTEGRITY= FAITHFUL TO THE END (24-25:1-6)
ā¢ WITH GOD’S BLESSING 24:1
ā¢ KEPT COVENANT PURITY 24:3
ā¢ KEPT COVENANT LOYALTY 25:5
TESTS
I. SEPARATION Gen 12:1-9 [-]
A. he kept Lot; he wasted years in Haran āparchedā
B. 1 John 2:15-17 Love not the world, neither the things [that are] in the world. If any man loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him. 16 For all that [is] in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world. 17 And the world passeth away, and the lust thereof: but he that doeth the will of God abideth forever. (KJV)
II. SUFFICIENCY OF GOD Gen 12:10-18 [-]
A. he went to Egypt [place of worldliness, idolatry and a curse] instead of trusting the God who led him 600 miles across the desert; rationalizes
B. 2 Corinthians 12:9 And he said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee: for my strength is made perfect in weakness. Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me. (KJV)